PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 146 PM CST TUE DEC 1 1998 ...NOVEMBER WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS FOR WEST CENTRAL TEXAS... COOL AND DAMP WEATHER PREVAILED DURING THE FIRST WEEK OF NOVEMBER... BUT A LONG PERIOD OF WARM WEATHER DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE MONTH RESULTED IN ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE REGION FOR NOVEMBER...WITH NO LOCATIONS REPORTING TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW FREEZING AT ANY TIME THROUGHOUT THE MONTH. AT SAN ANGELO REGIONAL AIRPORT/MATHIS FIELD...THE MONTHLY MEAN TEMPERATURE FOR NOVEMBER WAS 57.5 DEGREES...WHICH WAS 2.1 DEGREES ABOVE THE AVERAGE MEAN NOVEMBER TEMPERATURE OF 55.4 DEGREES. AT ABILE NE REGIONAL AIRPORT...THE MONTHLY MEAN TEMPERATURE FOR NOVEMBER WAS 56.9 DEGREES...WHICH WAS 2.0 DEGREES ABOVE THE AVERAGE MEAN NOVEMBER TEMPERATURE OF 54.9 DEGREES. NO DAILY RECORD HIGHS OR LOWS WERE SET OR TIED IN ABILENE OR SAN ANGELO THROUGHOUT THE MONTH. RAINFALL WAS GENERALLY SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL OVER MOST OF THE REGION...EXCEPT ABOVE NORMAL FOR THE NORTHWEST HILL COUNTRY. NEARLY ALL OF THE RAINFALL FOR NOVEMBER ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS OCCURRED DURING THE FIRST HALF OF THE MONTH. ABILENE RECEIVED 1.06 INCHES OF RAINFALL IN OCTOBER...COMPARED TO THE NORMAL NOVEMBER RAINFALL OF 1.48 INCHES. THIS IS THE EIGHTH CONSECUTIVE MONTH THAT ABILENE REGIONAL AIRPORT RECEIVED BELOW NORMAL AMOUNTS OF RAIN. SAN ANGELO RECEIVED 1.06 INCHES OF RAINFALL...NEARLY EQUAL TO THE NORMAL NOVEMBER RAINFALL OF 1.08 INCHES. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL EVENT OF THE MONTH OCCURRED IN THE FIRST FEW HOURS PAST MIDNIGHT OF THE 1ST...AS A COLD FRONT AND UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM PRODUCED 1-2 INCHES OF RAIN OVER AREAS EAST OF AN ABILENE TO JUNCTION LINE. AREAS WEST OF THIS LINE RECEIVED SIMILAR RAINFALL TOTALS DURING THE LAST FEW HOURS OF OCTOBER. ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL STORM PRODUCED BETWEEN 1/2 AND 1 INCH OF RAINFALL OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS ON THE 12TH AND 13TH...WITH LESSER AMOUNTS OF RAIN OVER THE REST OF THE REGION. THE ONLY OTHER NOTABLE WEATHER DURING THE MONTH WERE SOME DENSE FOG EVENTS MAINLY OVER THE NORTHWEST HILL COUNTRY...WITH THE MOST WIDESPREAD FOG OCCURING ON THE MORNING OF THE 8TH. NO SEVERE WEATHER EVENTS WERE REPORTED ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS IN NOVEMBER. $$ DEUTSCHENDORF